This paper provides basic background information about behaviorism, cognitivism and constructivism and a discussion of how...
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This paper provides basic background information about behaviorism, cognitivism and constructivism and a discussion of how these theories of learning relate to instructional design. A PDF version of this 32-paper is also available for downloading.

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Brenda Mergel

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History Matters is designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. history courses; however, teacher education majors...
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History Matters is designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. history courses; however, teacher education majors will find this site very helpful. Features within this site include the Digital Blackboard, examples of web-based assignments to serve as models for integrating new media into the classroom; Secrets of Great History Teachers, a collection of interviews with teachers who share strategies and techniques; and Syllabus Central, which features syllabi for courses that offer innovative ways to teach U. S. history. History Matters also has an annotated guide to useful Web sites for teaching; a collection of primary document in text, image and audio; and a reference area for links to resources on standards, citation methods for Web sites, and copyright and fair use law information.

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Pennee Bender

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A collection of visual and curriculum resources that are submitted by professors/scientists from around the world.

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American Society for Microbiology

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Aug 08, 2000
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This is the complete text of a book, for teachers, published by the National Academy of Sciences. The book addresses the...
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This is the complete text of a book, for teachers, published by the National Academy of Sciences. The book addresses the rationale for teaching science students about evolution. It goes on to discuss topics including evolution, the nature of science, the National Science Education Standards, and activities for teaching K-12 students about evolution and the nature of science. Includes references and information about evolution related court decisions. Relevant for middle school, high school, and college instructors.

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Working Group on Teaching Evolution, National Academy of Sciences

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Nov 16, 2000
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The ABLEDATA site is considered to be one of the premier Internet sites currently available on assistive technology. It...
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The ABLEDATA site is considered to be one of the premier Internet sites currently available on assistive technology. It includes a searchable database of over 25,000 products for persons with disabilities.

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National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

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The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) is the City's largest public artsinstitution. Comprised of the M.H. de...
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The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) is the City's largest public artsinstitution. Comprised of the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, FAMSF has a very impressive web site. Not only does it have online exhibtions from all of these museums, it also hosts The Thinker Image Base of over 75,000 online images from the de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor. There are Quick Searches for the entire site, a Thinker Search Engine for the 75,000 image database and links for Education, Current Exhibits, and online stores for all the museums. Recent Announcements are kept up-to-date and there is quick access if you wish to contact them or get involved.

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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

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Jul 07, 2016

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The Annenberg/CPB Channel provides quicktime videos, transcripts, handouts, and readings for an eight-part professional...
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The Annenberg/CPB Channel provides quicktime videos, transcripts, handouts, and readings for an eight-part professional development workshop for K-8 science teachers. Videos are in Quicktime format.

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Annenberg/CPB with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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Feb 10, 2001
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Oct 23, 2017

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This web site provides a central resource for materials related to work ethic, affective work competencies, and employability...
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This web site provides a central resource for materials related to work ethic, affective work competencies, and employability skills for work force development. It is designed to serve both educators and human resource professionals.Available materials include on-line lessons for use in education and training, two self-scoring work ethic inventories, a history of work ethic, information about available work ethic curriculum materials, and links to other work ethic resources.

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Roger Hill

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Oct 03, 2000
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Dec 28, 2017

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The site guides a student through an introduction to conceptual frameworks, help in forming a research question, the process,...
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The site guides a student through an introduction to conceptual frameworks, help in forming a research question, the process, steps and examples of creating and refining an appropriate conceptual research framework for a study. The text and related resources provide an overview, but the site is brought to life by the videoclips of a student describing, in detail, her struggles and success at creating a conceptual framework for her education thesis.

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Colla McDonald

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May 18, 2005
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Dec 27, 2017

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August 2016, The link has been corrected.This site is not intended to provide research and testing on learning styles....
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August 2016, The link has been corrected.This site is not intended to provide research and testing on learning styles. Originally constructed as a Reusable Learning Object, it is rather an animation of the characteristics of left brain and right brain learning traits adapted from the work of Malcolm Knowles in his book, "The Adult Learner: A Neglected Species (1990, p 243-248)." It also includes sites of learning style inventories for self reflection. Some of these secondary links may change over time and we will make an effort to keep up with those changes in a timely manner. Click on the ? button in the upper right hand corner to get the directions on the most effective use of the tool.The site has been used initially as part of a leadership development course to assess how leaders learn and to help leaders determine how their subordinates learn. With the concept of "inside out leadership" I believe that leaders (no matter what age or position) have to be able to assess their own learning style. Subsequently knowing how others learn (and this may be different from how leaders learn) will affect how a leader gives direction, makes assignments, delegates work, etc. This RLO has been used in both an on-line graduate leadership development course and an on-ground freshmen orientation course but can be widely adopted for use in other areas such as study skills, psychology, management, and education. The learning goals/objectives, a sample learning assignment and the ways I have used the brain dominance material are located at http://www.towson.edu/~mcmahon/lead/moduletheory.html .There is a security system in place for the module (but not the RLO) because of tuition collected in an online course. It changes every semester but is available to those requesting it by contacting the author. The brain dominance RLO is only one part of the collective information required in the Personal Profile proof of learning for this content module on Leadership Theory (see right column of the module). The proofs of learning are considered homework and are collected online and recorded.Students who have viewed this RLO find it helpful in examining how they think. They can then compare their style to how others think and learn. It adds an interesting visualization to the popular "left-brain, right brain" literature.

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Dr. Joan McMahon

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Feb 12, 2018

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